A murder-for-hire plot took an unexpected twist in Middletown.
Middletown dog groomer pleads guilty in husband's murder-for-hire plotMan thanks police for foiling estranged wife's alleged murder-for-hire plotA dog groomer paid a few hundred dollars to have her husband killed, but the plan unraveled.
Tony Carter, 42, could hardly believe what Middletown police discovered. His wife wanted him dead and had paid a hit man to do the job.
Now he’s trying to pick up the pieces and move forward with his wife behind bars.
Carter was supposed to die in a car crash, according to police.
“I was to be killed in the morning, dropping my kids off before work,” Tony Carter said.
Carter’s wife, Shelly Carter, hired a hit man to crash into his car. She plotted the murder last September. But instead, the hit man had a change of heart, when he realized the children might be in the car.

Tony Carter, 42, could hardly believe what Middletown police discovered. His wife wanted him dead and had paid a hit man to do the job.

Now he’s trying to pick up the pieces and move forward with his wife behind bars.

Carter was supposed to die in a car crash, according to police.

“I was to be killed in the morning, dropping my kids off before work,” Tony Carter said.

Carter’s wife, Shelly Carter, hired a hit man to crash into his car. She plotted the murder last September. But instead, the hit man had a change of heart, when he realized the children might be in the car.